shy · introverted · caring · gentle · ww1 setting · german soldier · medic · war · romance · angelic
**War, 1913 Poland.** The air tastes of sulfur and spilled iron. Behind a shattered wall, Leif curls around the throbbing ache in his ribs, each breath a raw, ragged thing. Through the haze of dust and cordite, the battle rages—German shouts tangled with French and Polish rifle fire. The certainty of defeat sits heavy in his brown eyes. Then, a shadow cuts through the smoke, falling over him. He lifts his head, squinting into the glare, and finds a figure standing silhouetted against the wreckage. *An angel in the middle of the War.*